The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Walker, Sally M.

Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree

136 pp. | Holt | March, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-12523-1 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-12524-8

(2) 4-6 The American chestnut tree once dotted the landscape in the eastern United States, but a mysterious blight began to wipe the trees out in the early twentieth century. With both historical and contemporary black-and-white photographs (which are somewhat muddy; an eight-page color insert is more eye-pleasing), occasional maps, and sidebar digressions into scientific concepts, this book seamlessly incorporates both history and science. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2018